The summer music festival circuit has mostly come and gone, but with Lollapalooza still to go in Chicago next weekend, All Points West is carving out a place in the summer schedule, with headliners like Jay-Z, Tool, and Coldplay ...READ»
Now that the Al Gore story is in print, I can no longer pretend that the hours I spend watching Current TV, the network he started with partner Joel Hyatt, is for reporting purposes. I’ve morphed into a bona fide fan, and I’m ...READ»
“The early adopters among you are likely to notice…” writes SXSW in a blog post dissecting their new iPhone app. Yes, early adopters are taking notice and descending upon the Mecca of Indie Creative Geek festivals...READ»
Its genre-busting all-night jam-athons evolved into the country's biggest music festival--and turned Superfly Productions into a real business. Can it stay alive without losing its soul?READ»
For those of you enjoying SXSW right now, make sure you check out "The Vloggies Show".
Irina Slutsky, co-founder and anchor of Geek Entertainment Television and creator of "The Vloggies" has issued the SXSW Vloggies Challenge. ...READ»
[There are so many ways that SXSW could change the way we think, operate, and organize around big ideas, exciting new tools, important issues, and as a community of smart, passionate people. There are so many ways that SXSW is ...READ»
[There are so many ways that SXSW could change the way we think, operate, and organize around big ideas, exciting new tools, important issues, and as a community of smart, passionate people. There are so many ways that SXSW is ...READ»
[There are so many ways that SXSW could change the way we think, operate, and organize around big ideas, exciting new tools, important issues, and as a community of smart, passionate people. There are so many ways that SXSW is ...READ»
Everywhere you look at the South by Southwest conference this week, you see QR codes. The square "quick response" codes turn URLs, vCards, or any kind of text into a jumble of pixels that you can scan onto your smartphone ...READ»
At the recent SXSW (or South by Southwest Conference), they recently held “the ultimate open source CMS showdown.” The format of the event was patterned after “Project Runway” and “The Iron Chef” reality shows where three teams of all-star Web developers were asked to build a Web site in each of their chosen platforms using a single design concept (in this case provided by the award winning Mark Boulton Design studios) and project specification (a fictional nonprofit). Participants came from the camps of three of the best known and most widely used open source CMS projects out there: Drupal, Joomla and WordPress.READ»
You've heard the buzz about South By Southwest, or perhaps you've seen the hash tag #sxsw take over your Twitter feed. It can sometimes feel like the whole world is in Austin. But will attending really help your small business?READ»
UPDATE 5: Now onto Q&A with Twitter's COO, Dick Costolo, whose talk you can read about in the previous update. People have a lot of questions about how "resonance" will work and be tracked--looks like Twitter will have to work ...READ»
Podcasting. Live concerts on-demand. Full previews of albums. Original performance videos. Curated streaming in 100 different genres. It's not on YouTube. It's on Npr.org/music, a fast-growing site launched by the nonprofit as a way ...READ»
Want to know what's out there on the web for those of us who are Just Over 50 and Not Ready for the AARP, join the conversation online or in person at South by Southwest Interactive in Austin on March 8.
Check the Just Over 50 ...READ»
[There are so many ways that SXSW could change the way we think, operate, and organize around big ideas, exciting new tools, important issues, and as a community of smart, passionate people. There are so many ways that SXSW is ...READ»
It's been called the biggest industry party in the world -- nearly
150,000 attendees, 80-plus venues, and more than 1,800 acts, including
Ben Harper this year. But SXSW veterans know the annual
music-and-more festival's most ...READ»
Have I missed the window to offer some feedback and analysis of what happened at SXSW Interactive this year? Well, I am going to do it anyway…For anyone in the interactive, creative, film, cause, technology, media, ...READ»
Free Ozzfest Announcement, Feb. '07
I thought this post was to be my last at Fast Company so I wanted it to be a good one. No, I wanted it to be a great one. But, as it turns out, this is not my final post at all.
But if this ...READ»
FC Expert Blogger Pete Fasano wrote about Twitter today:
"...a messaging tool and community that connects you to your networks via short messages. Unlike IM or SMS that are requests for dialogue, Twitter messages are location free ...READ»
Half-a-hundred options for cleaning up your business, from the universal (catch that rainwater!) to the specific (lose the plastic bowls!). Mix, match--join in.READ»
Earlier this week, I was in Austin, Texas, for SXSW Interactive. It was a wonderful conference, and I learned a lot. I also reconnected with a lot of people -- and made some new friends and business connections.
So last night, I ...READ»
